Design Your Own Paper Lamp
Influences
A course by Kate Colin , Paper-Folding Artist
About the video: Influences
Overview
“In this lesson I will tell you about some of the artists past and present whose work inspires me.”
In this video lesson Kate Colin addresses the topic: Influences , which is part of the Domestika online course: Design Your Own Paper Lamp. Create a unique origami-inspired lampshade by learning various paper-folding techniques and crease patterns.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I will share with you some of my main influences. There are many fantastic paper folding and origami artists in the world today. one of the finest of which is Tomoko Fusei, Tomoko Fuse is a Japanese origami artist and a renowned master of paper folding. I have lots of her books and spend many hours looking at her wondrous creations. I find her incredibly inspiring because I think she pushes paper folding to its limits. You look at the beautiful forms here, just incredible. so much beauty and grace in her creations. There's another book I'd like to show you. by the same autho...”
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Arts & Crafts, Decoration, DIY, Furniture Design & Making, Lighting Design, Paper Craft
Kate Colin
A course by Kate Colin
Kate Colin is a paper-folding artist and lighting designer based in Glasgow. Her earliest memory of creating paper art was at the age of eight, when her mathematician father would make polyhedra models out of paper. Since then, she’s been creating handmade paper designs, with her first exhibition being The Lighthouse, Scotland's Center for Design and Architecture in Glasgow. After being awarded the Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Trust, Kate had the opportunity to be mentored by the leading paper-folding artists in Switzerland and Italy as a QEST Scholar.
Her work has also been exhibited in London Design Fair and Manchester Craft & Design Center. She has received numerous awards from different organizations like The Heritage Craft Association, Visual Artist & Craft Maker Award (Creative Scotland), and Crafts Council Hothouse Programme. Her work has been featured in publications such as Stylist, Elle Decoration, Loader Monteith Architects, and FT Weekend. In addition to hosting workshops from her studios, she also takes private commissions from clients like V&A Dundee, Anncoc Whisket, and Charlotte’s Place, among others.
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